Main entry:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.

Title & Author:

Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura, Duisburg, 1595 / [commentary by Robert W. Karrow, Jr.].

Publication:

[Oakland, Calif.] : Octavo, 2000.

Description:

2 CD-ROMs (PDF files) : color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 sheet folded : color ; 12 cm)

Notes:
"Octavo digital editions"--Container.
Title from title screen.
Special features: menu to browse, navigation tips, keyboard shortcuts, zoom to see the details in full color, reading and searching the English translation, essay on color in cartography, printing a color or black & white copy.
Disc 1. Read disc -- Disc 2. Examine disc.
Text in PDF format.
Also available in print.
System requirements (Windows): PC with Pentium processor ; Windows 95 or 98 with 8 MB RAM ; Windows NT4.0 with 16 MB RAM ; color monitor ; (Macintosh): Power Macintosh ; 8 MB RAM ; color monitor ; CD-ROM drive.
System requirements: (Windows): PC with Pentium processor running Windows 95 or 98 with 8 Mb RAM or Windows NT4.0 with 16 Mb RAM; (Macintosh): Power MAC with 8 Mb RAM; (UNIX): running Sun OS, Solaris, HP-UX, Silicon Graphics IRIX or IBM AIX; CD-ROM drive (8x or better recommended); color monitor (millions of colors recommended).
Latin with English translation.

Summary:

Digital facsimile of the medieval hand-colored atlas of 1595 ed. with special features.

ISBN:

1891788264
9781891788260

Subject:

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura.
Early maps Facsimiles.
Rare books Facsimiles.
Geography, Medieval Maps Facsimiles.
Cartes anciennes Fac-similés.
Livres rares Fac-similés.
Géographie médiévale Cartes Fac-similés.
Early maps
Geography, Medieval
Rare books

Form/genre:

Compact discs.
Optical disks.
CD-ROMs.
Atlases.
Facsimiles
Maps

Added entries:

Karrow, Robert W.
Octavo Corporation.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Title on disc label: Gerardus Mercator : Atlas
At head of title: Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, Library of Congress

Holdings:

Location: Library main software 247876
Call No.: G1026 .M4 2000
Status: Available